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To: waterstraat
Being a computer systems engineer, and being in the 3rd job this year (one voluntary change, one not), I can categorically state that any IT person or engineer who is out of work needs only to be willing to move, or isn't looking in the right place. There are TONS of jobs. I get recruiter calls on a regular basis. In fact, I make 20% more than when I lost my first job, and I'm 1/3 the distance away, cutting my commute from 1 hour to about 24 minutes.

The problem is that a computer professional in the age range of 25-45 spent the bulk of their careers in the mid-90's, where they could name their price. They never had to do a real job search, and they have unrealistic expectations of salary they should make. Case in point: I have a friend qualified to be a unix systems administrator. He was making 90K + for a dotcom, and is looking in that range. Realistically, he should be looking in the 55-70K range instead (I got offered 3 jobs in six weeks in that salary range when I got laid off).
9 posted on 05/05/2003 4:52:58 AM PDT by warped
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To: warped
I got offered 3 jobs in six weeks in that salary range when I got laid off

What part of the country is this?

10 posted on 05/05/2003 5:00:56 AM PDT by YankeeReb
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To: warped
No kidding, I live in Columbus. This is supposed to be a good tech region. They have hundreds of posts out there but nobody hires.
11 posted on 05/05/2003 5:14:04 AM PDT by smith288 (Thats right, Christianity is exclusive, you have to love animals to be in PETA, is that exclusive?)
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